Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 12:07pm

AuSM Staff

The Costco Auto Program announced Wednesday that its most well-known promotion in conjunction with General Motors, the Holiday Sales Event, has launched and will run through Jan. 2. The exclusive member offer features GM supplier pricing and most current GM incentives, according to Costco. This year’s program... Read More

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 10:41am

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

With the best third quarter ever and a sales increase of more than 6 percent in September, the certified pre-owned market passed the 2 million unit sales mark for the year. The market remains ahead of the 2016 pace by one percent, meaning another record year is likely in the works.  Autodata Corp.,... Read More

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 3:44pm

AuSM Staff

Penske Automotive Group took a strong hit from the trio of hurricanes that stormed through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico since the end of August. The dealer group recently provided a preliminary estimate of the impact on its operations in Florida, Georgia, Texas and Puerto Rico from Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and... Read More

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 12:20pm

AuSM Staff

On Monday, American Honda Motor Co. launched digital certification applications for its respective Acura and Honda certified pre-owned vehicle programs. The “Integrated Certification Engine” is a digital checklist designed to give Honda and Acura dealers a faster, easier and more accurate way to certify... Read More

Friday, September 29, 2017 - 4:14pm

Nick Zulovich, Staff Writer

A 2018 model-year Volkswagen that might be in your used inventory one day could have a considerable amount of factory warranty remaining thanks to a decision the automaker announced on Friday. For the 2018 model year, the OEM said most new Volkswagen vehicles in the United States will come with the company has dubbed... Read More

Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 12:10pm

AuSM Staff

Nick made the trip to Washington, D.C., this week for NIADA’s National Policy Conference and connected with NIADA president David Andrews and Kathy Collins, who is the industry relations manager at CARFAX. We discussed how independent dealers are faring this year and how the industry is handling thousands of... Read More

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 12:47pm

AuSM Staff

Larry H. Miller Dealerships recently announced its Dodge Ram Peoria and Chrysler Jeep Avondale stores collected 74,996 bottles of water for the homeless after partnering with four local West Valley fire departments to host a community water drive. The drive colleled water from June 1 through August 31, tripling the... Read More

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 12:14pm

AuSM Staff

Activity over Labor Day weekend and the need for replacement vehicles destroyed by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma evidently aren’t going to push used-vehicle retail sales higher this month. Edmunds analysts said an estimated 3.19 million used vehicles will be sold in September for a seasonally adjusted annual rate... Read More